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world news Diamars 25 mei 2021

Lava from Congo's volcano eruption emits toxic gas, 7 dead

(AP) — Seven more people have flying in from neighboring Rwanda.
died as a result of the recent vol-
cano eruption in eastern Congo, Scientists at the volcano observatory
increasing the death toll to 22. weren’t able to adequately warn the
public of the eruption because of a
Those killed Monday died from in- funding cut, Mahinda said.
haling toxic gas when they were
walking across a wide expanse of the “The observatory no longer has the
cooling lava near the eastern city of support of the central government
Goma, the scientific director of the or of external donors, which explains
Volcanic Observatory of Goma, Ce- why the volcanic eruption was such a
lestin Kasereka Mahinda, told The surprise,” Mahinda told The Associ-
Associated Press. ated Press. A partnership between the
government and the World Bank that
They were traveling on the road be- had supported the observatory was
tween Kibati and Goma that was cut cut in October 2020 because of the
off by a flow of lava 1,000 meters coronavirus pandemic, leaving the
(about a half-mile) wide, he said. observatory without even internet, he
said.
“The population of Goma must avoid
unnecessary travel, but also not visit The observatory had just started to
places that have been hit by lava from resume operations last month thanks
the volcano because these lavas are to new funding from the U.S. Geo-
toxic and harmful,” he said. logical Survey’s Volcano Disaster As-
sistance Program, which means the the military governor as well as with
With little warning Mount Ny- observatory can at least gather data all the stakeholders so that we can More than 170 children were still
iragongo turned the dark sky fiery red after the eruption, he said. identify avenues for quick solutions feared missing, and UNICEF offi-
on Saturday night and then spewed for the population.” cials said they were organizing tran-
torrents of lava into villages, killing at The volcano remains active and sit centers to help unaccompanied
least 15 people and destroying more earthquake tremors are being record- The military governor of North Kivu children in the wake of the disaster as
than 500 homes, officials and survi- ed, he said, calling on the population province, Lt. Gen. Constant Ndima more than 150 children were report-
vors said. to remain vigilant. called on the population of Goma not edly separated from their families.
to send children to school. Goma’s
On Monday residents searched for The government ministers visiting international airport of Goma and Goma ultimately was largely spared
missing loved ones amid their de- Goma Monday were assessing what the airport in Kavumu in South Kivu the mass destruction caused by Mt.
stroyed homes on the outskirts of aid is needed for those hurt by the province were closed for security rea- Nyiragongo’s last eruption in 2002.
Goma, where light aftershocks were eruption. sons, he said in a statement. Hundreds died then and more than
detected following the weekend 100,000 people were left homeless.
eruption. Fumes rose from the cool- “The government team dispatched The volcano eruption caused about
ing lava that covered part of the Ny- expressly here in Goma, following 5,000 people to flee from one neigh- Goma is a regional hub for many hu-
iragongo region. the volcanic eruption which caused borhood of Goma, a city of about 2 manitarian agencies as well as a U.N.
a lot of damage in the city,” Minis- million people, across the nearby peacekeeping mission. Much of sur-
Grief, disbelief and fear hung over ter of Public Health Jean-Jacques border into Rwanda. Another 25,000 rounding eastern Congo is threat-
the area as a delegation of govern- Mbungani said. “It is important that a others sought refuge to the northwest ened by a multitude of armed groups
ment ministers, including Congo’s strong signal from our government is in Sake, the U.N. children’s agency vying for control of the region’s lu-
health minister, visited Goma after given. We will have discussions with said. crative mineral resources.

Arab woman gets kidney from Jewish man killed in Israel riot

(AP) — A Jewish man up anyone from the other There must be peace between family of the late Yigal Ye-
killed during an eruption The ethnic violence was trig- side who crossed their path. Jews and Arabs, real peace.” hoshua who was murdered
of Mideast violence has gered by protests and clashes in a lynch carried out by Arab
given new life to an Arab in Jerusalem that also ignited But after days and nights of Israelis long accustomed to rioters in Lod,” Israeli Prime
woman in bitter times. an 11-day Gaza War. war and ugliness, there was a periodic unrest in Gaza and Minister Benjamin Netan-
rare moment of hope, when the occupied West Bank were yahu said when the death was
Yigal Yehoshua, 56, died May In Lod and other mixed cities Randa Aweis, a 58-year-old shocked by the violence, announced last week.
17 after being pelted with inside Israel, groups of Arabs mother of six, got one of Ye- which hit closer to home
rocks amid clashes between and Jews fought each other in hoshua’s kidneys after a 10- than at any point since the “We will settle accounts with
Arabs and Jews in Israel’s the streets, torched cars and year wait. 2000 Palestinian intifada, or whoever participated in this
mixed city of Lod. businesses, and savagely beat uprising. At times, it seemed murder; nobody will escape
He was registered as an organ like the start of a civil war. punishment,” he added.
donor; the Jewish man and
the Arab woman were medi- Israel’s Arab citizens, who Police have arrested several
cally a match. make up 20% of the popu- suspects in connection with
lation, said the violence was the violence.
“I could not believe it,” she rooted in longstanding griev-
said in an interview Mon- ances. They have citizenship, Aweis never met Yehoshua
day at the Hadassah Medical including the right to vote, but she spoke to his widow
Center in Jerusalem. “I’m but face widespread discrimi- on a tearful video call. She
telling you, I couldn’t believe nation. They also have close hopes to visit his family in
it.” familial ties to the Palestin- person once she has recov-
ians and largely identify with ered from the transplant.
“They saved me,” she said. their cause, leading many “Yigal saved me, and as much
“People say he was a good Jewish Israelis to view them as I say thank you to the
man, that he didn’t do any with suspicion. family, to everyone, it’s not
harm, so why was he mur- enough.”
dered? ... That’s forbidden. “I share in the sorrow of the